by Dee Hoult | Dec 5, 2016 | Dog Training
“Honestly she should just re-home the dog. In different hands, he would totally succeed, but I really don’t see this family being able to turn it around for this dog.” “Yeah, sometimes people can’t accept that they don’t have what a dog requires.” That is a...
by Dee Hoult | Nov 1, 2016 | Dog Training
Sometimes the most frustrating and difficult behavior problems get solved with the most simplistic training methods. Methods which, I charge over $100 an hour to teach! No matter how long I train dogs and their people there are still so many human students who fail in...
by Dee Hoult | Aug 23, 2016 | Dog Training
Several years ago I blogged about how to introduce dogs the right way — slow and steady. Why is it that we humans don’t apply the same relationship principles to our dogs as we would to meeting a new person? Just because two dogs are social dogs...
by Dee Hoult | Aug 2, 2016 | Dog Training
He knocked your down? He saw what? You broke your wrist!? What were you doing? So he broke his stay command and just took off after that other dog? Oh, I see… I can’t tell you how many times in my career I’ve heard the famous last words “my dog...
by Dee Hoult | Jul 26, 2016 | Dog Training
Tonight while teaching an outdoor group class I noticed a dog who was constantly with his head down trying to sniff the ground. His owner continued to pull his head up, but over and over again the dog forced his weight against the collar to get his muzzle back to the...
by Dee Hoult | Mar 18, 2016 | Dog Training
If you’ve just gotten a new puppy, or know someone who has, we have some great news for you! Wednesday, March 23 is National Puppy Day and we would like to invite you to celebrate this special day with Applause Your Paws with a super-fun Puppy 101 Workshop! This...
